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“Great architecture and interior design is always site-responsive and client-specific. It reflects and amplifies the character and attributes of its place, and of its owners. It is progressive and ambitious yet timeless.”

The old apartment was pokey and ignored the view. The new apartment is streamlined, light-filled and drinks in the sea that goes on forever. Add clever storage and hidden doors and it’s just about perfect contemporary living. Clovelly Apartment by Sydney-based James Garvan Architecture.

Would you like to live on a 31 acre private island in a home with a black exterior and exquisite architecture? I sure would!
Set on a 31-acre private island off the coast of Maine, this house perches on a bluff once occupied consecutively by two mansions, both of which burned. The client wanted the house to evoke the atmosphere of the original Shingle-style house on the site and to be a welcoming setting for family and house guests. While its architectural character is relatively simple, in keeping with the legacy of the Maine coast, elements suggest its design was influenced by buildings seen on the Grand Tour, such as the elaborate bracketed entrance with its diamante-patterned doors, sgraffito panels above the front door and the fluted Doric columns on the kitchen porch. Peter Pennoyer Architects wrapped the various forms in the massing in dark shingle and oriented all the principal rooms toward the water. The relatively narrow plan allows light to span the rooms from sea side to land side. Meanwhile, the interiors are brimming with architectural inspirations that seem to have come from the classical world, including a long, vaulted guest bedroom hall with apsidal spaces framed into the dormers. A sweeping stair has treads of wood imitating stone in its chiseled profile. Modern conveniences — air conditioning, built-in lighting and audio/visual systems — were intentionally left out. The interiors, including all of the finishes, were specified by our client who was the interior designer.

CREDITS:
Partner-in-Charge: James Taylor
Design Director: Gregory Gilmartin
Associates: John Gibbons, Matthew Cummings, Nebojsa Savic, Lucas Hafeli, F. Patrick Mohan, Timothy P. Kelly, Cecilia Rodgers, Cleary Shea, Jennifer Gerakaris
Landscape Architect: Fernando Caruncho
Interior Design: Alexia Leuschen
Photography: Eric Piasecki

“This summer home delivered a space for rest and respite, memories under the summer sun, and many a sunrise out in the morning surf.”

Becca Interiors has skilfully updated, refreshed and rationalised this house in the heart of Southampton village creating a city dweller’s surf retreat. A mix of new and vintage, bespoke and found, casual and stylish.

A wonderful example of contemporary family living in a classic cottage. Layers of unsympathetic renovations were removed, floor plans fineesed and the results are warm, inviting and tonal. Wee Burn by Greenwich, Connecticut based Becca Interiors.

I’m really digging the vintage vibes in this Hampstead apartment designed by Lonika Chande, but CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE YELLOW KITCHEN! WOW! That shade of yellow could not be more perfect. This is one to stash in the inspiration folder immediately! A former Artist’s studio, this dated first floor apartment was reconfigured to create a unique London pied-à-terre. An artist herself, the client already owned some pieces that she was keen to incorporate, and these formed the basis of the schemes.  Focusing on a warm, earthy palette created the perfect backdrop for the existing artworks, sourced antiques and furnishings. (And check out this project by Lonika Jo featured last year)